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A-Level Mathematics is the single unified qualification set against the Department for Education GCE AS and A level subject content and delivered through the AQA 7357 specification. It fuses a substantial core of pure mathematics with prescribed applied content in statistics and mechanics, and is threaded throughout by the three overarching themes of mathematical argument and proof, problem solving and mathematical modelling.
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Table of contents · 20 ChaptersT·20
- Overarching themes
- Proof
- Algebra and functions
- Coordinate geometry in the (x, y) plane
- Sequences and series
- Trigonometry
- Exponentials and logarithms
- Differentiation
- Integration
- Numerical methods
- Vectors
- Statistical sampling
- Data presentation and interpretation
- Probability
- Statistical distributions
- Statistical hypothesis testing
- Quantities and units in mechanics
- Kinematics
- Forces and Newton's laws
- Moments
- Paper 1 — Pure Mathematics (AQA 7357/1)
- 2 hours, 100 marks, one third of the A-Level. Assesses any content from the pure core: proof, algebra and functions, coordinate geometry, sequences and series, trigonometry, exponentials and logarithms, differentiation, integration, numerical methods and vectors. A mix of short and multi-step extended questions; a scientific or graphical calculator is permitted (as on every paper).
- Paper 2 — Pure Mathematics and Mechanics (AQA 7357/2)
- 2 hours, 100 marks, one third of the A-Level. Assesses the pure core again together with the mechanics content: quantities and units in mechanics, kinematics, forces and Newton's laws, and moments. Mechanics questions are frequently modelling questions in which assumptions must be stated and criticised.
- Paper 3 — Pure Mathematics and Statistics (AQA 7357/3)
- 2 hours, 100 marks, one third of the A-Level. Assesses the pure core together with the statistics content: statistical sampling, data presentation and interpretation (including the prescribed large data set), probability, statistical distributions and hypothesis testing. Some questions are set in the context of the large data set students have studied.
- Assessment objectives and grading
- Across the three papers the assessment objectives are weighted approximately AO1 (use and apply standard techniques) 50%, AO2 (reason, interpret and communicate mathematically) 25%, and AO3 (solve problems within mathematics and in context, including modelling) 25%. The full A-Level is linear, graded A*–E (with U below E); AS Mathematics (7356) is a separate qualification graded A–E and does not count towards the A-Level.